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Queen's University Library Rare Books and Special Collections, Kingston, Ontario.
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フォロー数:672 フォロワー数:1078

As students start their first full week of classes, we want to share these delightful tricolour French curls. From William Somner's "The Antiquities of Canterbury" (1640). https://t.co/vsVNWbhwGX

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A bright placard pattern for This paper is from our Falconry in the British Isles, by Francis Henry Salvin.
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Happy This placard patterned paper is from our 1774 edition of the The Seasons, written by James Thomson.
https://t.co/O19KDVTxJv

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Happy Halloween! Need some last minute inspiration? We give you: Pumpkin Man! Apparently being a pumpkin person means you have webbed hands??? This is just one of many illustrations by W.W. Denslow in “The Pearl and the Pumpkin” (1904).… https://t.co/pTWiAXC1EM

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This engraving is captioned "The Unexpected Attack." Can you blame that sweet face though?

The engraving is from the March 1872 issue of Peterson's Magazine (vol. 61, no. 3). Each issue includes stories, poems, fashion tips and patterns, and initials fo… https://t.co/npdqKkkpV6

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Published in 1697, this edition of Myographia Nova, written by John Browne, has some interesting drawings added by an early hand.
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A thumb Bible! Published c. 1900, this miniature would have been given to a child for good behaviour.

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Marbled boards and fore-edge on the 5 volume set “The Works of Lord Macaulay,” published in 1873.
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Beautiful engraving from
Recueil des plans, élévations et coupes; an folio on French gardens and castles by Emmanuel Héré.
https://t.co/K9E7ncH0Cr

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Happy This week's post shows the beautiful hand-marbled pages from an earlier post. The papers were created by Christine McNair in 2004. (Margaret Laurence, The Diviners, 1974).⁠
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